Shaw v. Randall
Citations
- 15 Cal. 384
Syllabus
<p>New York cases commented on and shown not to be in point as to the necessity of filing the undertaking on appeal within five days after notice filed, because the New York Code fixes no time within which the undertaking must be filed.</p> <p>Provisions in a statute in regard to the time within which an act is required to be done, are generally to be construed as directory, but such a construction is improper where a consequence is attached to a failure to comply with the statute.</p>
How courts have described this case
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- holding that one cannot create an emergency requiring a killing and then claim self-defense
- holding that one cannot create an emergency requiring a killing and then claim self-defense
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Judges: Cope
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